Posted on 10/08/2013 7:46:41 AM PDT by rktman
This week, Carnegie Hall stagehands who make on average $419,000 a year went on strike, forcing the cancellation of a gala that would have benefited nonprofit artistic and education programs. The dispute between the 122-year hall and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Union, reportedly the first ever strike at Carnegie Hall, was resolved on Friday.
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419,000 — you gotta be kidding
say what?
I’m obviously in the wrong line of work...
To parapharse, “I don’t always make $419K/yr but when I do I prefer to not have to strike for it. Stay greedy my friends.” I know. WTH?
Me too and I’ve gotten to the age where starting a new career ain’t gonna happen. Besides, those sand bags that raise and lower curtains are heavy. Highly skilled labor is hard to find. (And yes, I know there’s a lot more too it than that.)
I am in the wrong job.
I PLAY the instruments, not just move them around.
OK...where can I go to stagehand school?
On graduation I’d be willing to start at 200,000 for the first year...
Me too. I bet the roadies wish they were making that kind of money. At my age I’d rather have a roadie than a groupie. LOL! One of my old buddies in FL told me that one time breaking down gear after a gig.
I took production workshop in college for the badly needed four hours of A. Does that qualify for an entry level job?
LOL! Great post.
I own a skill saw. Does that qualify me for one of the carpenter positions?
NOW you know why Broadway ticket prices are so HIGH!
Just imagine what they make when they’re on overtime!
I have a decade and change of TV/video production and engineering. Wonder if that would get me an interview for an entry level job?
They mentioned that in one article — a top Pianist can make $20,000 for a show, but would have to play 22 times to make as much as the guy that pushes the piano onto the stage.
Even taking into account that the stagehands work 60-hour weeks, including weekends and holidays, they make a large hourly salary.
Of course, you can’t ever get one of those jobs. The people who have them will work until they die or retire, and then the most connected worker in the union will then get the job.
The jobs are not no-skill jobs, but I looked through what they do, and there was nothing that I don’t already know how to do (I do have both lighting and sound system experience), or could easily learn (I’ve done extensive electric wiring, and remodeled and entire house I lived in).
I have a can of nails for a right-sided wall. I tried putting them on a left-sided wall but the head was on the wrong end. That’s when a neigbor showed me that my nails were only made for right-sided walls.
The strike was not about pay, it was about the union wanting to “own” the jobs in a new education wing that was built.
The compromise was that one new union job will be created for that wing. And the teachers and music students will be allowed to move their own chairs and music stands. The union guy will move anything heavy enough to require assistance.
Which implies that if you were a performer in an orchestra, and you wanted your music stand a foot over from where it was, you are supposed to call the union guy to do it, you are not allowed to move your chairs or music stands.
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